Hydrocarbon-burner



(No Model.)

J. H. WHITE. -HYDROCARBON BURNER.

Patented Feb. 22 l im I i I Il "m: nonms versus co.. momAurNu., WASHINGUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. WHITE, oF ARKANSAS CITY, KANSAS.

HYDROCARBON-BURN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letterslatent No. 599,577, dated February22, 1898.

Application filed August 6 1897.

To all whom/it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. WHITE, a citizen of the United States,residingat Arkansas City, in the county of Cowley and State of Kansas,have invented a new and useful Hydrocarbon-Burner, of which thefollowing is a speciiication.

My invention relates to hydrocarbon-burners, and particularly to thatclass wherein hydrocarbon oils are vaporized prior to ignition, theburner being combined with the vaporizing devices,whereby acompactly-constructed device is capable of performing the functions of avaporizer and a mixer.

Further objects and advantages of this invention will appear in thefollowing description, and the novel features thereof Vwill -beparticularly claims.

vIn the drawings', Figure 1 is a diagrammatic view of a heating orlighting system embodying aburner constructed in accordance with myinvention. Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view of the burner. Fig. 3 is ahorizontal section of the same on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is aplan view of the burner. Fig. 5 is a partial vertical'section of theburner at right angles to the plane of Fig. 2.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding partsin all thefigures of the drawlngs.

1 designates a supply tank or reservoir communicating with a supply-pipe2, tted with a filling 3 of iibrous wicking, adapted to convey the fuelfrom the tank by capillary attraction, but especially designed to Serveas a straining mediumto remove impurities from the oil in its passage tothe burners. Communicating with the supply-pipe is a Series ofdistributing-tubes 4: of smaller diameter, to which are attached theburners 5. In the pointed out in the appended construction illustratedin Fig. 1 the distrib- Serial No. 647,339. (No model.)

termediate flared portion being provided at 11 within the casting whichforms the body portion of the burner. This body portion 12 is alsocylindrical, and fitted thereon is the upper end of a cylindricaldepending sleeve 13, which is thus arranged concentrcally with thereduced or tubular portion 9 of the mixer. A feed-tube 14, preferablyintegral with the body portion 12, is arranged within the shell (andhence within the contour of the body portion).parallel with the reducedportion of the mixer-tube and communicates through a bore in the bodyportion with a vaporizing-coil 15, said coil being located centrallyabove the upper end of the enlarged portion or chamber of the mixer-tubeand also above a reticulated or interstitial guard 16, which spans theopen top of said chamber, while the arms at opposite sides of the coil,which are arranged within the circumference of the cylindrical chamberlO, communicate, respectively, with the feedtube 14: and a burner-tube17, which extends downwardly parallel with the mixer tube within thesleeve 5,'and hence within the contour of the body portion 12, andterminates in a burner-orifice 18, controlled by a needlevalve 19.

The ylower end of the sleeve or shell 13 is open and the stem and guideof the needle- -valve 19 project downwardly therethrough, saidburner-orifice being arranged-below the open lower end of themixer-.tube and spaced therefrom to provide for the influx of air orother combustion-supporting agent.

The contents of the tank or reservoir should in operation be placedunder fluid-pressure,

mixer-tube, and thence, in the form of vapor or gas, passes down theburner-tube and is discharged through the valve-controlled.burner-orifice into the lower end of the mixertube. With thisconstruction it will be seen that the fuel in approaching the point ofignition must pass through a coil which is ar- IOO ranged in the path ofthe name, and as said coil is made of tubing of small diameter the rapidand complete vaporization thereof is the result. The cylindrical sleeveor shell protects the feed-tube, burner-tube, and mixertube from draftsof air, and hence provides for the accurate discharge of the vaporizedfuel from the burner-orice into the lower end of the mixer-tube and alsoprevents the conveying members of the burner from being chilled. Thissleeve or shell is preferably removable from the collar of themixer-tube to give access to the interior of the burner.

It will be understood that in practice the tank or reservoir may bearranged either underground or above the plane of the burners, as may befound most convenient.

It will be seen from the foregoing description that the burner embodyingmy invention is adapted for producing a non -luminous flame, but as theparticular construction set forth is adapted for illuminating purposesit will be understood that the desired result can be produced byemploying in connection therewith a refractory mantle, (not shown,)which may be constructed as in the ordinary practice and is designed toperform the function well known in the art. Hence the advantage inconstructing the burner with an enlarged body portion from which dependsa protective shield inelosing the feed and burner tubes, while theupwardly-extending cylindrical chamber l0 is of less diameter than thebody portion to form a shoulder at the upper end of the latter suitableto support a refractory mantle of the ordinary construction.Furthermore, an additional advantage of the construction describedresides in the fact that the vaporizing-tube, which is employed inconnection with the feed and burner tubes and includes a coil locatedabove the said cylindrical chamber and interstitial guard, has its armsor terminal portions, as well as said coil, arranged wholly within thecircumferential contour of the chamber l0, so as not to interfere withthe application of a suitable refractory mantle, if the use of suchshould be desired.

The burner, as described, is compact in construction and is particularlyadapted for illuminating purposes, as will be shown by the bracketbranches disclosed in Fig. l, and the enlarged supply-pipe, throughwhich extends the continuous straining and conveying wicking, isdesigned to deposit liquid fuel, with the desired rapidity of flow, intothe branch pipe, which obviouslyis of less diameter and hence lesscapacity.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having described my invention, what l claim is 1. A burner having acylindrical body portion and a depending open-bottomed sleeve of equaldiameter therewith, a mixer-tube depending centrally from the bodyportion within said sleeve and having an open lower end, feed and burnertubes located Within the sleeve below the body portion, the burnertubeterminating in a valve-controlled burnerorice axially alined with themixer-tube, a cylindrical chamber rising from the body portion and ofless diameter than the same, to form an enlarged cavity in communicationwith the mixer-tube, and provided at its top with an interstitial guard,and a vaporizingtube arranged above and within the circumferentialcontour of said cylindrical chamber, with its arms arranged within thechamber and in communication with said feed and burner tubes,respectively, to convey fuel from the former to the latter,substantially as specified.

2. A burner having a mixer-tube provided with areduced lower portiondepending from an enlarged cylindrical portion and terminating at itstop in an eXteriorly-eylindrieal chamber, of smaller diameter than thebody portion and fitted with an interstitial guard, a feed-tube and aburner-tube arranged parallel with and contiguous to the reduced portionof the mixer tube and beneath and within the circumferential cont-our ofthe body portion, said burner-tube terminating in a valve-controlledburner-orifice alined with the center of the mixer-tube and locatedbelow the open lower end thereof, a Vaporizing-coil located above theinterstitial guard and eonnectin g the feed-tube with the burnertube,and having its arms located within the circumferential contour of 'saidchamber of the mixer-tube and a cylindrical shell or sleeve fitted uponthe enlargement of the mixer-tube at its upper end, inelosing thereduced portion of the mixer-tube and the feed and burner tubes, andhaving an open lower end through which the burner-orificecontrolling-valve is accessible, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my oWn I have hereto aixed mysignature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN ll. VIIITE.

lVitnesses:

JAMES C. TOPLIFF, DAVID C. ANDERSON.

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